Simon Says All Stitched Up ! :-) AND Fabulous news !!

It seems many of you like a recipe, thanks to everyone who joined us last week ,,I really enjoyed coming to see all your creations,, now do you like sewing as much as 'cooking' ?? The theme this week on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge is 'Sewing= Faux or Real ,, the choice is yours :-)
We have someone very special in our designer Spotlight this week ,, her name is Greta and she has recently celebrated her 11 th birthday :-) She has made a card for our challenge almost every week and her talent is amazing. Please pop over and leave her a comment,, am sure she will appreciate them :-)She shares a blog with her mum Lisa and you can see her work here :-)

We also have some BIG news to tell you ;-) Kim Piggot has agreed to join us on the DT :-) I am sure you have all visited Cards By Kim
she is the most amazingly talented designer and we are all looking forward to working with her :-) Welcome aboard Kim :-) x x





I have just downloaded this template from Papertrey Inc
this one is called Card Couture. I must admit I found it a bit tricky to make as the pieces didn't seem to fit very well so I did have to make some adjustments ,,, hope it will be easier next time !
I cut the pieces out of plain white card and used Funky Fairys Papercrafts Gorjuss Gingham and It's so Distressing Vol 5. I chickened out of using real sewing and went for the easy option of Faux ! :-)




I used some images from the Yummy in my tummy magnolia set. Chef Edwin is lovely eh :-) I coloured him with copics and sat him on the cutlery,, not very comfy is it :-/ !! I used my new Martha Stewart borgder punch for the fancy edge . This one is called
Martha Stewart ARCH LATTICE Edge Punch





The DT have made some amazing creations for you this week so pop over to the Challenge blog to see them and please don't forget to leave them a comment :-) You may find candy along the way so it is worth the hop :-)
As usual Heidi from Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 shopping spree and she will pay for the shipping too !! :-)

I am entering this into the Roses on Paper Challenge whose theme this week is also Stitching :-) this is the first time I am entering this one :-) I am also entering it into the new Simon Says Stamp competition on the Papercrafts Planet site too :-) There is a fab prize of a Simon says Stamp Exclusives set AND a 2 week invitation to be in our Designer Spotlight :-)
I am also entering it into the Magnolia Down Under Challenge whose theme is anything but a card :-) This is my first time there too :-)

OK now for some candy :-) This Chef Edwin will be available soon in the Simon Says Stamp store but I am not sure when it will be available ,,, sooo this week the winner will get to choose the Magnolia stamp of their choice :-) For further details see the post at the top of my blog :-)

I Love Anya :-)

I recently bought 3 Anya's from Bunny Zoe Crafts this is one of them and I just love this one with her cute kitten :-) Nikki who owns Bunny Zoe Crafts is sponsoring the Sketch Saturday challenge this week so I had to use one of them :-)_
To make my card I followed the fabulous sketch on the Sketch Saturday Challenge I am also entering it into the Basic Grey Challenge who are asking for 'Embossing'
Oops I almost forgot ! This is also for the Anyone For Anya Challenge who are asking for 'Funky Flowers' ,,, that's why I chose this funky flowery paper and embossing folder !! :-)




I used BG paper from theJune Bug pad and red coredinations which was cuttlebugged and sanded ,, I am in red mode at the moment ,,, :-) I love red/black !! :-) The image was coloured with copics and I added glitter pens here n there for sparkle ,, her eyelashes are all sparkly :-)



The gingham ribbon was from my messy drawer and the flowers are prima and the rosebud centers are also from Bunny Zoe Crafts. the sentiment is Simon Says Clear Stamps SIMPLY THE BEST SENTIMENTS Lot Exclusive Set


I missed out an element on the sketch,, there is supposed to be another bit in the top left corner but I really didn't want to cover any more of the lovely flowery paper so I left it out ,, hope thats ok !! :-)

Thanks for popping by,,don't forget to leave me a comment so I know you've been visiting :-)
There is some candy at the top of my blog too if you would like to take a look :-)

Celebrate !!!

I made this card for the House Mouse Monday Challenge which is celebrating it's blogoversary :-) They have asked us to choose any theme from the last year. Well as I didn't find the time to join in last week and had already planned what I was going to do I thought I would do it now :-) So this is a song title ,, Celebrate by Kool and the Gang I thought it quite fitting !! :-) I also followed the sketch from Challenge 48 ;-)
I am also entering this into the Stamp Something Challenge
they are asking us to use our favourite papers or colours,,, I chose both :-)



The images is my new HM Party Ribbons and the HM Celebrate stamps which I recently bought from Simon Says Stamp,, cute eh !! :-) I coloured them with copics and 3D'd the mouse ,, added ice stickles and some red and pink gift wrap ribbons.





The papers are my favourite new Fancy Flourish set from Funky Fairys Papercrafts I also used It's so Distressing Vol 1 papers too. I know I am on the DT and you may think I am biased ,,, but truly these papers are fabulous and so convenient !! one of my fave colour combos is red/black so I chose to use them too :-)

On the sketch it said ribbon to go across the card ,, but I stamped footprints instead :-) The black fancy ribbon is from Bunny Zoe Crafts :-)

I have made this for my daughter's friend's 16th birthday,, Emma came with us to England recently and told her mum it was the best holiday she had ever had ,,, she's been to Disneyland Florida,, a Caribbean cruise etc !! BUT she preferred YORKSHIRE !!! :-) Brilliant !! lol :-)

I would love to read your comments so don't forget to leave me one before you go :-) Also I have a blog candy at the top of my blog if you would like to enter ,, there are conditions tho !! :-)

Just Magnolia Papertake Weekly and Sophisti-cat Challenges :-)

I made this card following Bev's lovely sketch on the Just Magnolia Challenge




The image is a new Magnolia one ,, this one is called Jam Tilda from the Yummy In My Tummy Collection and will soon be available in the Simon Says Stamp Store ,,, they are winging their way towards the shelves right now :-)



I coloured both this image and the one on the bag with copics and used a little copic glitter pens too ,, they're fabulous, I coloured the background paper they are sitting on with Dusty Concorde distress ink which was diluted with a spray of water. The papers are all Funky Fairys Papercrafts . I used the brand new released Fancy Flourish set and It's so Distressing Vol 1 papers

I made this gift bag for the Sophisticat Challenge which I am very sorry to say I missed their first week last week ,,, :-(
I saw a gorgeous bag made by Jacqui on her blog yesterday, incidentally she is giving hers away with some fabby blog candy :-) I followed the link to the SCS website where there ia a tutorial on how to make this. you can see the Box in a Bag tutorial here.
As you can see I did faux stitching on the card and the bag using the lovely copic glitter pens so I am also entering these into the Papertake Weekly Challenge too :-)




It was so easy to make and will definitely be making more of these in future,,, lovely gift bag eh ! The sentiment is a Melissa Frances rub on available in the Simon Says Stamp Store ,,,, I love these :-)


I have a weekly blog candy sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp if anyone would like to take a look it is at the top of my blog.

Please don't forget to leave me a comment so I know you've dropped in for a visit :-)

Jacqui's Blog candy :-)

Jacqui has this gorgeous blog candy on offer ! Isn't it fab ! there are loads of people with their name down already for this ,,,but you have to be in it to win it so am keeping everything crossed :-) I just love the bag Jacqui made ,, that is just soo beautiful ,, there is a link on her blog too for the instructions on how to make it so am just going to check it out now :-) The candy closes on the 20th so you have to be quick !! :-)

Good luck to all :-)

Funky Fairys are Recycling :-)

Thanks to everyone who joined in with us on the Funky Fairys Challenge :-)I really enjoyed popping by to see all your lovely creations :-)

This week we arre going 'green' :-) We are asking you all to RECYCLE something on your creations :-)



I retrieved some mountboard from my local framer's bin ,, with his permission of course and made a notebook :-)



The image was a stamped image from Jo,, I love this image and am now looking for the High Hopes stamp,, soo cute eh ! I coloured the image with copics and added chalk to give him a dirty look ,, :-) the paper is a new release from Funky Fairys Papercrafts

These papers are fabulous ,, this one is called Camo
you get 70 designs for only £1.99, I think that is a fantastic bargain ! The mesh ribbon is from Bunny Zoe Crafts
and the buttons/toggle are from an old school coat of Sean's ,,, they are about 12 years old !!

We would love to see more of you joining in with us over at the Funky Fairys Challenge ,, every week there is a fabby prize of a free download ! All you have to do is use at least one of their downloads ,, there are lots of free ones on the Blog of Inspiration too so you can try before you buy !

Thanks for popping by ;-) Please leave me a comment so I know you've been ,,, also I have a blog candy on offer ! ;-) the details are at the top of my blog if you would like to enter :-)

Simon Says Stamp No Cooking Recipe Challenge

Many thanks to those of you who joined us in the Oriental challenge last week :-) This week on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge we have an easier one for you ;-) a simple recipe :-) 3 embellishments
2 papers
1 image
This week Martine has agreed to be in our Designer Spotlight :-) Not only did she make my blog fabulous she also designed the Simon Says Stamp and Simon Says Stamp Challenge blogs too !! Thanks Martine x x Go to the Challenge blog to see her fabulous card and the wonderful cards made by the DT ,,, all of them are gorgeous :-)

I followed Emma's fabulous sketch on the Allsorts Challenge blog this is the first time I am entering this challenge ,,:-) Emma also asked us to use 2 colours of our own choice, so I chose red/turquoise :-)




I won this fabulous Penny Black Rubber Stamp 3844k VANILLA Girl Dog Walking in a competition on the Simon Says Stamp blog,,, Heidi was asking us to name a few PB stamps used on some beautiful cards and the first one with the correct answers won a PB stamp of our choice :-) and it was ME !!! :-) Thanks Heidi ;-) x x




I coloured the image with copics and added gorgeous COPIC Twinkling Stars markers to the jewellery etc,, these pens are gorgeous !! The papers are from My mind's Eye and coredinations.I think I might have cheated a bit here ,,,, oops,, the paw print paper I made using a paw print stamp and distress inks,, does that count as another patterned paper?? :-) I was so engrosssed in following the sketch I forgot about the recipe :-) never mind the DT will be lenient on all your entries too ,,, it is open to interpretation :-) The flowers are Prima and the sentiment is from Simon Says Clear Stamps CAT DOG BEST OF FRIENDS Lot Exclusive Set

Would anyone like to have one of these PB stamps ??? I will be offering this one in my weekly blog candy sponsored by Simon Says Stamp If you would like a chance to win one see my blog candy post at the top of my blog :-)

Please leave me a comment so I know you've been and also leave a comment on Martine's own bog and the DT blogs :-)

Fabulous Funky Spooky Papers !! :-)

Funky Fairys Papercrafts have just released this fabulous new paper download kit,,, It is fantastic let me tell ya !!It is called A lil bit Spooky
go and see it ,,,the plain papers are gorgeous and not at all spooky so they can be used any time ;-)



I made this card following becky's fabulous sketch on the Sketch and Stash Challenge I also followed the colour theme on the Colour Create Challenge which is Neon green/Black !! Perfect colours for halloween eh !! :-)




The scary cat image is a Tim Holtz Rubber Stamp KITTY Cat Halloween Stampers Anonymous and was in a DT pack from Heidi at Simon Says Stamp,,, no prizes for guessing what an upcoming challenge will be there then !! :-) Thanks Heidi ,,, I LOVE this stamp x x The cat was stamped using black brilliancve ink and 3d'd,, it's eyes were coloured green and a dot of copics spica glitter added for a little sparkle ;-) The background was stamped with a Tim Holtz Rubber Stamp FLOURISH COLLAGE Stampers Anonymous

The ribon is from my messy drawer and that was the last little bit of it :-( The flowers are white prima ones ,,, I coloured the black one with a copic marker and the green is sprayed with green meadow glimmer mist. all the edges of the papers and the green flower were all distressed with black soot distress ink ,,,:-) The sentiment is also from the Lil bit Spooky set ,,, you must go n check it out ,,, it is fabulous ,,, :-)

edited : I just finished making this goodie bag and am entering this into the Polka Doodles Challenge which is 'Anything But a Card' ;-)



Thanks for stopping by,, please leave me a comment so I know you've been :-) The Funky Fairys and Simon Says Stamp Challenges change tomorrow so you don't have very much time left to get your entries in ,, both have fab prizes ;-) Also there is a blog candy at the top of my blog if you would like to put your name down !! :-)

She's an Aquilina !! :-)

This is our dog Jessie enjoying a nice glass of chilled white wine at the beach :-)

Sketch Saturday Challenge :-)

I followed the lovely layout on the Sketch Saturday Challenge for this card :-)I couldn't see who had designed it so apologies for not mentioning the fab designer :-)



I have just bought a couple of Anya stamps from Bunny Zoe Crafts,, my first Anya's !! :-)
This cute image, the flower stamp and the sentiment are all from the Hope and Grace set.


I stamped the flower image with clear emboss ink and sprinkled sparkle EP over it and heated ,,, I love this delicate effect,, the image was then coloured with copics and 3D'd onto this paper. I also used copic spica pens to add sparkle :-) The flowers are also coloured with copics and 3d's and a little ice stickles added. This fabulous paper is a new release from Funky Fairys Papercrafts called Camo Style,, it comes in 35 different colour styles and is only £1.99 !! BARGAIN !! The ribbon is from my messy drawer,,and I also drpooed a few Robins Nest Dew drops in there too ,,, adds more sparkle :-)

Thanks for dropping by ;-) Please leave a comment so I know you've been and if you would like to enter my weekly blog candy there are details at the top of my blog :-)

Just Magnolia and Stampin for the Weekend Challenges

The Stamping for the Weekend Challenge have a fabulous sketch for us to follow designed by Donna and the Just Magnolia Challenge is asking us to use 'Embossing' :-)




I used another newly released Magnolia image,, This one is callend Chef Tilda ;-)


As usual I coloured the image with copics and 3d'd her face and knees. I also used a little bit of Tilda's plate which I coloured then smothered with crackle glaze.The papers are all from Funky Fairys Papercrafts I used Gorgeous Gingham, Tiny Daisies, Doodlementals and Cherish paper kits on this one :-) I also used black magic coredinations which I swiss dotted in my cuttlebug folder and sanded,the ribbon is from my messy drawer and the brads are doodlebug, flower from Prima and leaves made using my Martha Stewart punch :-)
The sentiment is heat embossed with black sparkle EP and is from the Simon Says Clear Stamps SIMPLY THE BEST SENTIMENTS Lot Exclusive Set

Thanks for dropping by,, :-) I have candy at the top of my blog if you would like to see how you could win it !! but before you go please leave a comment so I know you've been :-)

A Spoonful of Sugar and Cute Card Thursday Challenges :-)

I made this card following the fabulous sketch by MichelleO on the Spoonful of Sugar Challenge
I also tried as much as possible to stick to the colour scheme on the Cute Card Thursday Challenge which is Strawberry Mint Jullep ! Yum !!



This Magnolia image is a new release and is called kitchen Tilda she's lovely eh !! :-)I love her headscarf,, :-)



I coloured the image with copics and 3d'd her,the chair is also a Magnolia stamp. The papers I used are from the Basic Grey Lemonade paper pad, the flowers are prima :-)I also used some robins nest dew drops to keep in with the sketch ,, and also because I like em ! :-) The sentiment is from the Simon Says Clear Stamps SIMPLY THE BEST SENTIMENTS Lot Exclusive Set
the gingham ribbon is from my messy drawer :-)

I have some blog candy sponsored by Simon Says Stamp if you would like to see it it is at the top of my blog :-)

Thanks for dropping in for a visit :-)please leave a comment so I know you've been :-)

Joanne's Birthday Candy ;-)

Joanne will be celebrating her 21st birthday again on the 17th of this month and is giving away some fabby candy !! Only thing is she doesn't know what it will be herself yet !! so a lovely surprise for everyone !! :-) Pop over to Joanne's blog if you like surprises :-)

Papertake Weekly meets Basic Grey Challenges :-)

The theme at the moment on the Basic Grey Challenge is a beautiful 'Inspiration Challenge and we are to use this photo for our inspiration ;-)



I just think the muted pastel colours are beautiful in this photo so I've tried to choose my Basic Grey papers with it in mind,, I used papers from the Wisteria pad on my card :-)




The image is a brand new Magnolia image,, this one is called Blueberry Tilda :-) I filled her basket with flower soft tho so she has a basket of petals !!!





I coloured the image with copics and 3d'd her onto an oval nestie shape that I chalked with blue and green,,, I didn't have the right colour flower soft so i coloured ivory ones with purple ink and it worked OK ,, oh and I added lace stickles to the lacy bits :-)

The mesh ribbon is from Bunny Zoes Crafts The organza ribbon is from my messy drawer,,,,!
The sentiment is from a Simon Says Clear Stamps SIMPLY THE BEST SENTIMENTS Lot Exclusive Set

I followed Dawny P's fabulous sketch on the Papertake Weekly Challenge, I love this sketch ,, so nice and simple ! just my cup of tea :-) Thanks Dawny x x

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one ,,, also I have a weekly blog candy sponsored by Simon Says Stamp,, it's at the top of my blog if you would like to enter :-)

My Oriental Blog candy Winner

I had a bit of a job today working out who was eligible to be entered into the draw ,,, I had quite a few comments in there that had to be weeded out ;-) In the end I had only 12 eligible entries
so the random draw chose

Here are your random numbers:

11

Timestamp: 2009-09-16 07:29:42 UTC

the winner is ANA :-)

Congratulations Ana :-) If you email me your address I will ask heidi to post the stamp set out for you :-)

I used images from this fabulous Simon Says Clear Stamps WE ARE FAMILY DOLLS Exclusive Set on the card I made for the Simon Says Stamp Challenge ;-)



Would you like to own a set of these ?? Well you could either go to the Simon Says Stamp store and buy them of course or you could enter this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge, become a follower of my blog,, the challenge blog and the Simon Says Stamp blog then leave a comment on THIS post to be entered into the random draw :-) The winner will be announced next Wednesday :-)

The DT are allowed to enter so good luck to everyone ;-)

Just magnolia and Pink elephants :-)

I made this card following Mina's fabulous sketch on the Just Magnolia Challenge
and using the lovely colour theme on The Pink Elephant Challenge
who are asking us to use, red/white/black/yellow



I have just bought this gorgeous Tilda with kitten stamp,, isn't she gorgeous !



I coloured the image with copics and 3d'd her head, arm and kitten, then mounted them onto a nestie oval mirror. The papers are all Funky Fairy Papercrafts downloads ,, Nana's Wallpaper, It's so Distressing and Tiny Daisies sets. Some papers are on special offer at the moment so you should go and see what bargains you can get !!
The sentiment is from a Simon Says Clear Stamps SIMPLY THE BEST SENTIMENTS Lot Exclusive Set
The flowers are prima and the brads are from Kaiser Crafts and were in my Heidi's choice DT pack :-)you can see the whole range here,,, they're just gorgeous !

Thanks for looking, I really appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Also I have a fabby weekly blog candy sponsored by Simon Says Stamp,, it is at the top of my blog, if you would like to enter go and see the 'rules' :-)